PLATE TECTONICS: A HISTORY OF MODERN EARTH THEORY

By ABIGAIL MARTIN

CONTENTS CHANGING VIEWS OF THE EARTH EARTH’S EARLY DAYS COMPETING THEORIES CATASTROPHES OR STEADY CHANGE? PROGRESSIVISM FLOATING IN A HIDDEN SEA THE AGE OF THE EARTH EARTH SCIENCE IN TURMOIL WEATHER PIONEER AN ACTIVE YOUTH METEOROLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF WEATHER ARCTIC EXPLORER POPULAR TEACHER AND WRITER A BIZARRE IDEA LOVE AND WAR CONTINENTAL DRIFT A CHALLENGE TO GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC TIME ANCIENT CONTINENTS ANOTHER “CONTINENTAL DRIFT” THEORY A MOVING ISLAND TWO LAYERS OF CRUST MATCHING ROCKS SEPARATED TWINS FOSSIL CLIMATES AND WANDERING POLES THE MOTORS THAT DRIVE THE CONTINENTS “UTTER, DAMNED ROT” EARLY REACTIONS TO DRIFT REJECTION IN AMERICA HARSH CRITICISMS POWERFUL FEELINGS DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SCIENCE INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE REASONING STARTING ALL OVER DEATH ON THE ICE PLANNING AN EXPEDITION A FRUSTRATING START SETTING UP MID-ICE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR: A MODERN POLAR ADVENTURE VISITING MID-ICE FINAL JOURNEY A LONG WINTER A MEMORIAL TO WEGENER: THE ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE GRIM DISCOVERY RUMBLINGS OF CHANGE NEW MECHANISMS FOR DRIFT SUPPORT FROM SOUTH AFRICA COMIC RELIEF DRAGGING GRAVITY ARTIFICIAL EARTHQUAKES WAR SPURS MARINE SCIENCE SCRIPPS, WOODS HOLE, AND LAMONT: THREE PIONEERING INSTITUTIONS THE WOUND THAT NEVER HEALS MAGNETIC MOMENTS THE PLATE TECTONICS REVOLUTION SEAFLOOR SPREADING LINKING SPREADING TO MAGNETIC CHANGES CONVERGING LINES OF EVIDENCE ELTANIN 19: “TOO PERFECT” SHAKING UP GEOLOGY MATHEMATICAL SUPPORT A NEW THEORY OF EARTH MOVEMENT PLATE TECTONICS TODAY CONCLUSION: REACHING INTO THE FUTURE